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Originally Posted by kennyc
To take this concept one step farther. We've seen the effects of what we humans do to things over and over. We cause the dust-bowl in the 30's because of over-indulgence. We filled the East River and rivers everywhere with garbage and destroyed their life-sustaining power. We've clear-cut forests that will take thousands of years to return.
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To be clear, we caused these things because of ignorance of the consequences of our actions... a lack of understanding of the forces involved, the scope of our impact, and an assumption that the planet would sweep the mess away somewhere and fix itself faster than we could mess it up. We now have clear evidence that this is not the case, the planet cannot keep up with our impact on it.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Is it not time to tread more lightly, to live more sustainable lives, to protect the world around us rather than rape it?.
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Absolutely. The days of expecting the Earth or our kids to clean up our messes must end. We need to take direct responsibility for taking care of this planet, and we need to start
three decades ago.